Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nates"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nates \Na"tes\, n. pl. [L., the buttocks.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The buttocks.
(b) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side
of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic
lobes.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nates
n : the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [syn: {buttocks},
{arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament},
{hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat},
{rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail
end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere},
{fanny}, {ass}]
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